Slaying the Titan Snow Demon King!

The core region of the Far North was shrouded in an almost apocalyptic scene.

The sky hung low beneath heavy dark clouds, while silver-white lightning as thick as giant pythons churned endlessly.

Rolling thunder swept across heaven and earth, mingling with the deafening crashes of glaciers splitting apart.

At the center of this deadly land, the aftermath of battle still raged.

The Titan Snow Demon King's mountain-like body lay sprawled across the shattered ice field. With every labored, heavy breath, it spewed great clouds of bloody mist mixed with ice crystals.

Its Frost Battle Armor, once its pride and capable of withstanding a full-force strike from a Title Douluo, was now covered in charred, spiderweb-like cracks.

Fine purple arcs of electricity continued to dance and burn within those cracks, hissing like parasites clinging to bone.

The Frost Battle Armor's defense was powerful, but it was ultimately only physical protection. Before thunderous power that was supremely yang, supremely forceful, and imbued with the majestic might of the heavens, its defense seemed pale and laughable.

Zhang Qingxuan floated in midair, his expression utterly calm.

A sphere of lightning slowly swirled in his palm, containing destructive power.

His indifferent gaze settled upon the Titan Snow Demon King below.

"Titan Snow Demon King, abandon your futile struggle. Today is the day you die."

His voice was not loud, yet it was cold and devoid of even a trace of emotion, pronouncing the end of an overlord.

The Titan Snow Demon King raised its head with difficulty. In those enormous eyes that had once looked down upon the Far North and made countless Soul Beasts tremble, boundless hatred and bone-deep unwillingness now burned.

"Human... I am one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North! The king of the Titan Clan! Submit to an ant like you? Dream on!"

It knew it was already at the end of its strength. The immense vitality within its body had nearly dried up beneath the ravages of lightning, while the strength it had once prided itself on faded away with its flowing blood.

Yet what truly made it unwilling was not its approaching death, but its regret.

It liked her, but she did not like it.

That pure, noble, and graceful figure surfaced once more in its increasingly blurred consciousness.

She was the brightest jewel of the Far North, the moonlight it had silently gazed up at and never touched, no matter how much tenderness it had poured forth.

Sadly, her gaze had never lingered on it.

That hurt far more than the wounds upon its body.

Zhang Qingxuan said no more. Lightning flashed in his eyes.

The lightning in his palm precisely sank into the fatal wound on the Titan Snow Demon King's head.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a dull whimper, as though a soul had been snuffed out.

The Titan Snow Demon King's massive body convulsed violently once before dying completely beneath that supreme lightning.

Immediately afterward, a blood-red Soul Ring appeared before Zhang Qingxuan.

Zhang Qingxuan slowly descended, took out two pills, and swallowed them. A hint of color quickly returned to his pale face, and the Qi he had expended began to steadily recover.

Then his gaze shifted toward Xiao Bai in the distance. She was watching anxiously.

"Xiao Bai, come here."

"Thank goodness, thank goodness, Young Master is all right." After Xiao Bai ran over, she carefully checked Zhang Qingxuan's body.

"The Titan Snow Demon King's aura still lingers here. For a short time, ordinary Soul Beasts and even Soul Masters will not dare approach rashly."

Zhang Qingxuan instructed her sternly, "But I cannot tolerate the slightest disturbance while absorbing the Soul Ring. Stand guard for me."

"Anyone who dares enter this area, no matter what they are, kill without mercy! Understand?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai immediately straightened her small body. Her delicate face was full of seriousness as she nodded firmly. "Understood! Master, don't worry. Xiao Bai will guard this place well!"

Seeing her like this, Zhang Qingxuan's stern expression softened slightly. He reached out and rubbed her hair.

After spending years together day and night, Xiao Bai, with her simple heart and absolute loyalty to him, had long since earned his trust.

With a flick of his wrist, two purple-gold talismans appeared in his palm. The lightning patterns drawn upon them in cinnabar were complex and profound, with faint sparks of electricity flowing across them.

"These are Zixiao Lightning-Attracting Talismans. In a crisis, activate them with Soul Power, and they can call down a bolt of heavenly lightning to aid you."

"If you encounter a powerful enemy, do not fight head-on. Use these talismans to stall them or drive them away." He gently placed the talismans in Xiao Bai's palm.

Xiao Bai accepted them with both hands. Feeling the lightning aura on the talismans, which made her heart tremble yet also reassured her, she carefully tucked them away close to her body and solemnly promised again, "Xiao Bai will remember!"

Zhang Qingxuan delayed no longer. He sat cross-legged beside the Titan Snow Demon King's corpse, calmed his breath and focused his mind, then circulated his cultivation technique.

At the very instant he began absorbing the Soul Ring—

"Awoo—! Die! Human!"

A roar filled with mad resentment suddenly exploded deep within his sea of consciousness!

The Titan Snow Demon King's savage phantom, shrunk countless times but still hideous, transformed into a crimson streak of blood-red light and lunged straight at Zhang Qingxuan's soul!

It wanted to perish together with Zhang Qingxuan!

Zhang Qingxuan looked at the remnant soul rushing toward him with mild surprise. "Hmm? It seems my Thunder Method was still lacking somewhat."

"To think it allowed your remnant soul to remain within the Soul Ring!"

Zhang Qingxuan's Thunder Method carried a trace of the true might of Heavenly Tribulation, making it extremely effective at suppressing souls.

Zhang Qingxuan had thought the other party's remnant soul had already been struck out of existence!

Just as Zhang Qingxuan was about to mobilize his spiritual power and completely annihilate this wisp of remnant soul, an abrupt change occurred!

The Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram and the Green Leaf Sword suddenly appeared within his sea of consciousness!

On the left, the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram blazed with light as Yin-Yang Qi surged forth like a tide, instantly immobilizing the Titan Snow Demon King's remnant soul.

On the right, the Green Leaf Sword released a clear, lingering sword cry. It automatically transformed into a hazy green streak of light and, though launched later, arrived first to meet the Titan Snow Demon King's remnant soul!

"Wh-what is this?! No—!"

The Titan Snow Demon King's remnant soul screamed in terror.

"Ssh!"

The streak of light formed by the Green Leaf Sword trembled slightly. A seemingly unremarkable thread of green sword light swept past, instantly severing more than half of the remnant soul's phantom. It became transparent and thin as a shrill scream echoed throughout the sea of consciousness.

Then the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram shone even more brilliantly. The Yin-Yang Qi transformed into the phantom of an enormous millstone, enveloping the severely wounded remnant soul.

The millstone slowly turned. Like beans dropped into a stone mill, the remnant soul was mercilessly ground apart and refined.

Pure soul-origin power was stripped out and fed back into Zhang Qingxuan's soul, while the hatred-filled, impure portion was worn away by the Yin-Yang Qi until it became nothingness.

Within only a few breaths, the Titan Snow Demon King's final counterattack was completely resolved.

Zhang Qingxuan felt a warm, comfortable sensation rise from his soul, as if he were soaking in a hot spring. His spiritual power was actually growing and condensing at a clearly perceptible rate.

"My spiritual power... has improved considerably. I'm closer to the late stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm."

Understanding dawned on him. Then, with curiosity and delight, he looked toward the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram and Green Leaf Sword, whose radiance had once again withdrawn as they slowly sank into the depths of his sea of consciousness.

"It seems my understanding of you is still far from sufficient..."

After apparently confirming that their host was completely safe, the two martial souls returned to their usual silence, as though their miraculous display of automatically protecting their master and refining a remnant soul had never happened.

At the same time, people arrived in the outside world!

Two women of peerless beauty had come.

Xiao Bai stared fixedly at the two of them, her eyes filled with caution!

As a Soul Beast of the Far North who had taken human form, even if she had never met these two before, she had heard of them.

The overlords of the Far North—the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress!